Ann Patchett Quotes

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Starting a novel isn't so different from starting a marriage.  The dreams you pin on these people are enormous. - Ann Patchett quote.
Starting a novel isn't so different from starting a marriage.  The dreams you pin on these people are enormous.
— Ann Patchett in The New York Times

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If we fail at marriage, we are lucky we don't have to fail with the force of our whole life.  I would like there to be an eighth sacrament: the sacrament of divorce. - Ann Patchett quote.
If we fail at marriage, we are lucky we don't have to fail with the force of our whole life.  I would like there to be an eighth sacrament: the sacrament of divorce.
— Ann Patchett Vogue

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The novel in my imagination travels with me like a small lavender moth making loopy circles around my head. It is a truly gorgeous thing, its unpredictable flight patterns, the amethyst light on its wings. - Ann Patchett quote.
The novel in my imagination travels with me like a small lavender moth making loopy circles around my head. It is a truly gorgeous thing, its unpredictable flight patterns, the amethyst light on its wings.
— Ann Patchett in The New York Times

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